Childhood Cold War memories.
The Cold War - the geopolitical standoff between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and The United States of America and their respective networks of allies, satellites, and proxies. It was the greatest assemblage of armies, navies, air forces that never fought - each other. While naval and air forces would occassionly come in close contact, and armies would periodically move en masse in massive global exercises, great care was taken that one side or another would not set off the powder keg that would begin a great and possibly final conflict. Weapons and tactics were instead fought by puppet states. Famous and not so famous conflicts were waged world wide with adversaries supported by the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. Blood was shed in Paraguay, Vietnam, Korea, Geece, China, Malaya, Sudan, Algeria, Central America, Congo, et cetera. On the home front, there was the constant stream of propaganda and fear. Baby boo...